"Blackbird" is a song from The Beatles album (better known as the White Album). This piece was written using the Finger-picking technique (an arpeggio technique made famous by folk guitarists like Bert Jansch). During the Maharishi retreat in Rishikesh during the spring of 1968, the Beatles did not have electric instruments and could only use their acoustic guitars, and so could only accompany themselves with the pick or by finger picking, as do many folk guitarists to enrich the melody. This piece can also be found in the Monograph "The Beatles - Vol. 1"

Hey Jude is one of the Beatles’s most famous songs. It was written by Paul McCartney, originally for The Beatles album, better known as the White Album, but was then sold as a single in 1968 and finally published in the Hey Jude collection. In spite of the outstanding length of this single (7 minutes and 11 seconds) it remained on British and USA charts for weeks.

Yesterday is one of the Beatles’s most famous songs. Published in the 1965 album Help!, according to the Guinness Book of Records, it boasts the most number of replicas with more than 1600 versions having been recorded. According to Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI), during the twentieth century, this song was played about 7 million times on the radio and television in the United States along. In 1999 a survey conducted among listeners and experts by the second radio channel of the BBC resulted in this song being voted the most beautiful song of the twentieth century. This song can be bought only together with the monograph "The Beatles Vol.1"

"Michelle" is the title of one of the most famous love songs by the Beatles; it appeared in the album Rubber Soul in 1965, composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The most important and obvious characteristic of this song is that part of the lyrics (especially the refrain) is in French. This particular detail was the brainchild of McCartney who, not knowing the language, asked the French teacher Jan Vaughan to suggest a French name and a phrase that would rhyme with it. The result was the famous refrain, "Michelle, ma belle, sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble". When McCartney proposed the song to Lennon, he suggested adding the other famous verse "I love you" in the middle of the song, thereby completing it. This piece can also be found in the Monograph "The Beatles - Vol. 1"

"A Hard Day's Night" is a Beatles song dating back to 1964 as "Side A" of a 45 rpm with "I Should Have Known Better" on "Side B". The song conveyed the album and a film with the same name to success. The music and melody, composed mostly by John Lennon, were partially influenced by the style of the Everly Brothers, a popular duo at that time who had just completed a long tour in England; the recording highlights a brilliant technical solo by George Harrison on an electric Rickenbacker 12-string. This piece can also be found in the Monograph "The Beatles - Vol. 1"

"Let It Be" is a Beatles song from 1970, composed mainly by Paul McCartney, even if it is usually attributed to the composing duo of Lennon/McCartney. It is the sixth track of the 1970 album of the same name. Paul McCartney revealed that the inspiration for the song came to him in a dream, in which he had spoken with his mother, Mary, who had died of cancer in 1956 when he was only 14 years old. In the dream, his mother advised Paul, who was concerned about tensions in the group, to let everything go, to let it be, that everything would have worked out OK. The single reached the top of the charts in the United States, Australia, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and second place in England. It was the last single that the Beatles released before the band broke up. This song can be bought only together with the monograph "The Beatles Vol.1"

Sweet Child O' Mine was the first song by Guns N'Roses to reach number on Billboard. It held the top for two weeks during the summer of 1988. It is also one of the most famous songs of the Los Angeles group. It stands at 37th among the "100 Best Songs with Solo Guitar", a list published by the magazine Guitar World, and at 196th place in the list of the “500 Best Songs” according to Rolling Stone. In March 2005, "Q magazine" put it in sixth place among the 100 best “rock guitar-based” tracks. The famous opening riff was also named the best of all time by Total Guitar magazine.

The title track of the super-famous album of the same name by Metallica (1986), this song was released as a single only for purposes of radio promotion. It is a one of their fans’ best-loved songs as well as one of the most famous metal pieces of all time, performed by the band at each and every concert. The lyrics clearly allude to the consequences of drug addiction, especially involving heroin and cocaine. The "Master Of Puppets" could in any case symbolize any force capable of controlling weaker individuals through false promises, reaching beyond drugs and alcohol to even political and military forces and even a corrupt society.

The third piece of the multi-platinum "Thriller", released in 1983, won Michael Jackson two Grammy Awards for album of the year and for the best male vocal performance. One of the objectives of Jackson and the producer Quincy Jones for this incredible album was to create a strong and immediate rock sound, something like a Black version of “My Sharona”. Immediately following an intro based on the electric sound of the Synclavier and a powerhouse electric guitar riff, an intense melody soars to the limits of the singer's register, urging everyone to avoid violence at all costs, and "It doesn't matter who's wrong or right". Notice must absolutely be taken of the fiery performance of Eddie Van Halen, author of a memorable solo for which he refused to be paid.

"Back in Black" is the seventh album of the Australian band AC/DC, the first with front-man Brian Johnson, who joined the band immediately after the death of Bon Scott. With more than 42 million copies, this is the most successful album right after "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. "You Shook Me All Night Long", undoubtedly the most famous piece by this band, also thanks to the immediate and powerful guitar riffs, is an exultant and liberating hard rock in celebration of a hot night with a gorgeous American woman. One of the most interesting versions of the piece is a yet-to-be-released live version by Cèline Dion and Anastacia, who were transformed for the occasion into hard-rock stars.

A song released by Joe Satriani in 1992, this piece became the subject of a wonderful solo evolution set firmly upon foundations of vibrato, slide, bending and marvelous artificial harmonics at the end of the piece.

Mrs. Robinson was released in March 1968 in the album Bookends and was one of the true classics of pop music of all time. It immediately rose to the top ten, with lyrics dealing for the first time with complex themes like old age and loss.

Written by Alanis Morissette and by producer Glen Ballard, this song was published as the fourth single of the album "Jagged Little Pill" in 1995. One immediately notices the formal difference between the delicate verses and the intense and powerful choruses, a characteristic that could classify this piece with other typical structures of more modern grunge. The lyrics present a variety of situations that evolve in ways that were not at all expected, becoming almost grotesque in their tragedy.

Dating back to 1987, this is Zucchero’s first true masterpiece and second only to "Oro, Incenso e Birra", selling 1,800,000 copies. Some of the songs will be later interpreted in duos with such international giants as Miles Davis (Dune Mosse) and BB King (Hey Man); the lyrics of the latter, fruit of an intense collaboration with the singer-songwriter Gino Paoli, deal with the theme of solitude and the to fraternize, becoming a vibrant and profound prayer.

Before officially seeing the light in the live album "Rewind" in 1999 (in which is immortalized the record concert of previous year, the first edition of the Heineken Jammin 'Festival) the unreleased "Senza Parole" was contained in a gift-CD reserved exclusively for members of Blasco’s Fan Club, almost to celebrate the great success of the multi-platinum album "Gli spari sopra" of 1993. The song celebrates human love and disappointment, the result of often uncontrollable and indescribable emotions.

Composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and released in November 1972, it remained for three weeks at the top of the American singles chart. The piece is literally dominated by the Farfisa electronic organ, recognizable for its classic rough yet brilliant timber, typical of bands like Pink Floyd and The Doors, and decidedly more acid than the "luxurious" Hammond. The lyrics speak nostalgically of the year of rock’n’roll, to which the composer associates the relation with his old flame, Suzie.

Title track to the album of the same name by Pink Floyd in 1975, the piece deals with the theme of alienation from others and oneself, a topic that is often deal with in works by Roger Waters, and brought to a point of exasperation in his great opus, “The Wall". Like in almost all the album, it also refers to the departure of the founder of the group, Syd Barrett, but unlike the suite "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", the song is also dedicated to those who have lost a special person in their lives. The uber-famous riff was composed by guitarist David Gilmour during a session at the well-known "Abbey Road" studios.

Harvest, the title track of Neil Young’s 1972 album, boasts the participation of such illustrious guests as the London Symphony Orchestra, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, and James Taylor. This work, entirely country, anticipated the fashion that enabled bands like the "Eagles" to soar to the heights of pop music. The title track is the second piece, a sweet ballad that speaks of bucolic love, in which the singer-songwriter gives one of his most lovely and moving interpretations, singing of the promise made to the woman he loves.

Written by John Lennon but accredited to the Lennon-McCartney duo, it appeared for the first time in the album entitled “Help” (August 1965). It is easy to notice how Lennon seems to almost imitate the vocal style and guitar accompaniment of the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, with whom Lennon was artistically infatuated at that time.

Written by guitarist Noel Callagher and published in 1995, "Wonderwall" is one of the most famous songs by Oasis, from their second album "(What's The Story) Morning Glory", which sold more than 19 million copies worldwide; this is the third most frequently sold album in England, just behind the Greatest Hits by Queen and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band by the Beatles.